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desktop shortcuts won't delete

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their shortcuts from the
desktop, it says 'this item is no longer located in users/public/public
desktop...please verify its location'. I went to user/desktop and the
shortcuts are not in there...confused as how to remove them!

=?Utf-8?B?dGhpbmc1MA==?= <thing50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:EAAADE7D-07F3-435C-BE05-F78B7332C73F@microsoft.com:
> I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their
> shortcuts from the desktop, it says 'this item is no longer
> located in users/public/public desktop...please verify its
> location'. I went to user/desktop and the shortcuts are not in
> there...confused as how to remove them!
>

You could try opening a cmd prompt, CD to the directory in which the folder
resides.

Do a dir /x, which will list the 'real' 8.3 names of files & folders.

Then try to delete with the RD command.

Good luck,

CH

"thing50" <thing50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EAAADE7D-07F3-435C-BE05-F78B7332C73F@microsoft.com...
>I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their shortcuts from
>the
> desktop, it says 'this item is no longer located in users/public/public
> desktop...please verify its location'. I went to user/desktop and the
> shortcuts are not in there...confused as how to remove them!

"thing50" <thing50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EAAADE7D-07F3-435C-BE05-F78B7332C73F@microsoft.com...
>I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their shortcuts from
>the
> desktop, it says 'this item is no longer located in users/public/public
> desktop...please verify its location'. I went to user/desktop and the
> shortcuts are not in there...confused as how to remove them!

"thing50" <thing50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EAAADE7D-07F3-435C-BE05-F78B7332C73F@microsoft.com...
>I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their shortcuts from
>the
> desktop, it says 'this item is no longer located in users/public/public
> desktop...please verify its location'. I went to user/desktop and the
> shortcuts are not in there...confused as how to remove them!

Sometimes reboots help this and all kinds of things, but many times the
non-deletable shortcut, file or folder will resist reboots for all kinds of
reasons.

CH

"Ginchy" <thatsme!> wrote in message news:i9-dnVtubrXpSd3bRVnytQA@bt.com...
>
> "thing50" <thing50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAAADE7D-07F3-435C-BE05-F78B7332C73F@microsoft.com...
>>I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their shortcuts from
>>the
>> desktop, it says 'this item is no longer located in users/public/public
>> desktop...please verify its location'. I went to user/desktop and the
>> shortcuts are not in there...confused as how to remove them!
>
> it goes when you reboot....caught me too!
>
>
>

You could try opening a cmd prompt, CD to the directory in which the folder
resides.

Do a dir /x, which will list the 'real' 8.3 names of files & folders.

Then try to delete with the RD command.

Good luck,

CH

"thing50" <thing50@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EAAADE7D-07F3-435C-BE05-F78B7332C73F@microsoft.com...>I uninstalled a few programs and now I cannot remove their shortcuts from>the> desktop, it says 'this item is no longer located in users/public/public> desktop...please verify its location'. I went to user/desktop and the> shortcuts are not in there...confused as how to remove them!